- Jan 13, 2019
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- Cockatiels. Percy & Gizmo
Forever in my heart. Sunny the Corella
Hi everyone!
Havenāt posted on here much for a while. Lifeās been busy with our new home and working full time these days. All my furry and feathered are keeping me on my toes. (4 horses, 5 chickens, 6 guinea pigs, 1 dog and the 6 birdos.. now one more!)
Anywho, I wanted to tell you all about my new addition!
Yesterday we stopped off at a petshop on our way home.. one that Iāve been to a couple of times before, itās awful. I donāt know why I torture myself going in there. Itās a bird shop mostly. 100ās of birds in small over crowed cages in one room that is so noisy and stressful. Itās depressing.
I wasnāt going to buy a bird. And I definitely didnāt intend to fund this awful place. But down on the bottom shelf, in a cage with 4 Tiels, one was talking to my soul. He looked just like Pip. The others were sitting quietly, sad on the dowl perch. But he was screaming holding onto the bars, watching me, following my gaze. Flapping his little wings out in a nervous manner. He didnāt seem interested in the other Tiels with him. He was just desperate to get out of that heāll hole. He stood out, begging for help.
I couldnāt walk away.
Out came the net, and into a box he went.
I promised him after a couple of weeks of quarantine he would have some friends in a nice spacious aviary with natural branches and good food.
However .. Soon after arriving home, quickly setting up an indoor cage, chopping some gum branches and popping him in the cage. Left him for an hour or so to settle.. I return to say hello through the bars. After chatting to him for a few minutes, realising he didnāt seem too scared of me I attempted to scratch him through the bars. He reached out for a little beak stroke, and to my suprise he wolf whistled!
And this morning he said āwhatcha doingā! And I think he tries saying some other things too which I canāt quite understand yet. And also perhaps whistles a tune!
Well I was not expecting any of that. Turns out he is not an avairy bird after all, and must have once been loved? Such a shame he ended up in that hell hole. I wonder how and why? No wonder he wanted out of there so much. Poor fella.
Iāll figure out over the next few weeks what the best long term housing heād like best. Whether that be indoors as a pet or happier outdoors in the avairy for a more ā(un)naturalā Life. I want whatās best for him. I didnāt intend on having a āpetā bird, and I worry I donāt have the time for an indoor bird. But heās totally won my heart over already. Heās just what Pip would have been if heād had the chance to grow up.
He will never be passed around again.
He hasnāt got a name yet. Perhaps Inky, Happy, Rocket or Simba.. but Iām
not sure.
Oh and Iām assuming heās a boy, due to him being so vocal?!
The other birdos are happy and well, Percy, Gizmo. Peter, Cosmo, Wattle and Sprinkles. They are looking forward to the bigger aviary I keep promising them. But they are not looking forward to winter thatās fast approaching!
Bit of an old photo, but I canāt find one more recent. They have quite a few more furnishings and leaves currently!
Havenāt posted on here much for a while. Lifeās been busy with our new home and working full time these days. All my furry and feathered are keeping me on my toes. (4 horses, 5 chickens, 6 guinea pigs, 1 dog and the 6 birdos.. now one more!)
Anywho, I wanted to tell you all about my new addition!
Yesterday we stopped off at a petshop on our way home.. one that Iāve been to a couple of times before, itās awful. I donāt know why I torture myself going in there. Itās a bird shop mostly. 100ās of birds in small over crowed cages in one room that is so noisy and stressful. Itās depressing.
I wasnāt going to buy a bird. And I definitely didnāt intend to fund this awful place. But down on the bottom shelf, in a cage with 4 Tiels, one was talking to my soul. He looked just like Pip. The others were sitting quietly, sad on the dowl perch. But he was screaming holding onto the bars, watching me, following my gaze. Flapping his little wings out in a nervous manner. He didnāt seem interested in the other Tiels with him. He was just desperate to get out of that heāll hole. He stood out, begging for help.
I couldnāt walk away.
Out came the net, and into a box he went.
I promised him after a couple of weeks of quarantine he would have some friends in a nice spacious aviary with natural branches and good food.
However .. Soon after arriving home, quickly setting up an indoor cage, chopping some gum branches and popping him in the cage. Left him for an hour or so to settle.. I return to say hello through the bars. After chatting to him for a few minutes, realising he didnāt seem too scared of me I attempted to scratch him through the bars. He reached out for a little beak stroke, and to my suprise he wolf whistled!
And this morning he said āwhatcha doingā! And I think he tries saying some other things too which I canāt quite understand yet. And also perhaps whistles a tune!
Well I was not expecting any of that. Turns out he is not an avairy bird after all, and must have once been loved? Such a shame he ended up in that hell hole. I wonder how and why? No wonder he wanted out of there so much. Poor fella.
Iāll figure out over the next few weeks what the best long term housing heād like best. Whether that be indoors as a pet or happier outdoors in the avairy for a more ā(un)naturalā Life. I want whatās best for him. I didnāt intend on having a āpetā bird, and I worry I donāt have the time for an indoor bird. But heās totally won my heart over already. Heās just what Pip would have been if heād had the chance to grow up.
He will never be passed around again.
He hasnāt got a name yet. Perhaps Inky, Happy, Rocket or Simba.. but Iām
not sure.
Oh and Iām assuming heās a boy, due to him being so vocal?!
The other birdos are happy and well, Percy, Gizmo. Peter, Cosmo, Wattle and Sprinkles. They are looking forward to the bigger aviary I keep promising them. But they are not looking forward to winter thatās fast approaching!
Bit of an old photo, but I canāt find one more recent. They have quite a few more furnishings and leaves currently!